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Festival Dates: July 29- August 7, 2011

The 2011 Walled City Music Festival will take place from July 29-August 7. We are thrilled to bring outstanding musicians to the city of Derry once again. Please come and join us for this exciting musical experience!

 

Tickets available now from the Millennium Forum Box Office

Telephone (+44) 2871 264455 or "Click" on the direct online links below



Friday, July 29, 8pm: Jonathan Lemalu, Bass-Baritone
and Michael Hampton, Piano

(Schubert: Schwanengesang, Finzi: Let Us Garlands Bring, Copland: Old American Songbook, Bolcom: Cabaret Songs)

Location: The Guildhall
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Saturday, July 30, 8pm: Kronos Quartet

Program:

(Bryce Dessner: Aheym (Homeward), Ram Narayan (arr. Kronos, transc. Ljova): Raga Mishra Bhairavi: Alap, Missy Mazzoli: Harp and Altar, Traditional (arr. Kronos, transc. Ljova): Tusen Tankar (A Thousand Thoughts), Steve Reich: WTC 9/11, Michael Gordon: Clouded Yellow, Laurie Anderson (arr. Jacob Garchik): Flow, Aleksandra Vrebalov:…hold me, neighbor, in this storm…)

Location: The Great Hall, Magee, University of Ulster
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Sunday, July 31, 8pm: Gould Piano Trio
Program:
(Beethoven: Trio Op. 1. no 3, Frank Martin: Trio on Irish folk melodies, Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio)
Location: The Guildhall
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Friday, August 5, 8pm: Houston Winds
Quintet: Aralee Dorough, flute/ Colin Gatwood, oboe/ Eric Chi, clarinet/
Jeff Robinson, bassoon/ Julie Thayer, french horn
Program:
(Dvorak: "American Quartet" (arr. for Wind Quintet), Barber: Summer Music, Francaix: Quintet, Poulenc: Sextet (with Cathal Breslin, piano)
Location: The Guildhall
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Saturday, August 6, 8pm: Ye-Eun Choi, violin and Cathal Breslin, piano
Program:
(Beethoven: "Spring" Sonata, Mendelssohn: Sonata in F (1938), Brahms: Sonata No.2 in A major, Brahms: Scherzo,Tchaikovsky: Valse-Scherzo)
Location: The Guildhall
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Sunday, August 7, 8pm: Sir James Galway and Lady Jeanne Galway, with Michael McHale, piano

Program: TBA
Location: Millennium Forum
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Guest speaker: Norman Lebrecht
Guest Composer: Dr. Jesse Ronneau

Contact us with any questions: info@walledcitymusicfestival.com
 
 

 

Kindly supported by:

 


Sir James Galway and Lady Jeanne Galway


Kronos Quartet


Houston Winds


Jonathan Fa'afetai Lemalu


Gould Piano Trio


Ye-Eun Choi, Violin